Jersey x Fleckvieh Anyone?

[BiomassMan]

Just curious if anyone on here as any or come across some Jersey x Fleckvieh.

If they have what are they like and does anyone have any photos?

We are going to start milking for ourselves later this year ( Nothing major just testing the waters of selling direct, milking for others is great but we want to be milking our own ).

We were looking to milk something that grazes well that's quite compact that also gives an ok bull calf.

 

[Barmyfarmer]

I am planning on trying a few, might see if @Bald Rick wants to put some sexed fleck on some for me

 

[som farmer]

we had some, one looked like a very solid jersey, milked very well, high fat/pr, sold her as 3rd calver, when we swopped autumn to spring, the others, least said the better, went cheap as calved heifers, but they all carried a bit of weight, bull was 'wille' meant to be very good.

 

[BiomassMan]

we had some, one looked like a very solid jersey, milked very well, high fat/pr, sold her as 3rd calver, when we swopped autumn to spring, the others, least said the better, went cheap as calved heifers, but they all carried a bit of weight, bull was 'wille' meant to be very good.

I was hoping they would be like a Jersey but bit more solid.

 

[Friesianfan]

Just use British Friesian instead of messing around. Good solids and good beef calf

 

[Grazer]

I've been crossing Je over Mo for a few years now. I like them. ?

 

[BiomassMan]

Got any photos?

 

[BiomassMan]

Just use British Friesian instead of messing around. Good solids and good beef calf

I'm pretty open to breed I do like proper friesians but the majority I have seen seem to be very Holstieny (nothing wrong with Holstiens just not got the type of milk I want)

 

[Rossymons]

You're looking at British Friesians. The "Modern" Friesian is a great animal and will do the job you're after perfectly.

 

[I thats it]

I'm milking some fleck hiefers out of holstein dams, they've been very good to manage but are too big. I've bulled some of them too sexed Jersey so I'll know in a bit, which doesn't really help now sorry

 

[jimmer]

I've a flecsey she is 4th or 5th calver, 600 kg, loads of milk, not sure on constituents, and she grazes well

 

[happycows]

I'm milking some fleck hiefers out of holstein dams, they've been very good to manage but are too big. I've bulled some of them too sexed Jersey so I'll know in a bit, which doesn't really help now sorry

Can understand if your a spring grazer but I’d have to choose Norwegian red for Knocking a bit of size out of them on a fairly intensive system.
Holstein/Norwegian red/Fleckvieh or Montbeliard 3 way Cross is a great animal and depending on bull selection can slot into any type system.

Personally I’m liking Fleckvieh x Holstein. Odd one uninspiring on milk but for the most part tick the boxes for me.
Getting 9200l at 4.4 and 3.7 on a very very simple system and holding to my 6 month calving season well. Much better than pure Holstein or pure Fleckvieh.

 

[M-J-G]

Just use British Friesian instead of messing around. Good solids and good beef calf

Messing around?

 

[Bald Rick]

I am planning on trying a few, might see if @Bald Rick wants to put some sexed fleck on some for me

PM me if you are serious

We are busy putting all our Danish Reds to sexed Jersey to reduce the size of the big Galoots. Dang, they are a lot of cow but quiet which is good

 

[Blaithin]

How compact are you requiring?

I use fuller flecks and they are steady in the 1400 lb range. Not massive by any means and much hardier than if I stuck some other commercial dairy breed in. Calves will always sell good because they never show a hint of diary. With jersey in there you can be hit or miss if the calf is beefy enough or not. Heavy dockage here if they look even a bit dairy, even if they are heavy.

If you’re looking for midget 1000lb animals then you’ll need to breed in something smaller.

 

[Zoofarmer]

Just curious if anyone on here as any or come across some Jersey x Fleckvieh.

If they have what are they like and does anyone have any photos?

We are going to start milking for ourselves later this year ( Nothing major just testing the waters of selling direct, milking for others is great but we want to be milking our own ).

We were looking to milk something that grazes well that's quite compact that also gives an ok bull calf.

Milking few here. Lovely cows. One calving tonight, will take pic tmoz.
A word on the comments on height and weight issue. Flechvieh are numerically the second largest dairy breed on the planet. There is huge variation and it is very easy breed small, medium or large. Most just use the bull the rep sells them. The most common reaction I get from visitors to my herd, particularly the skeptics, is that they are not a big cow, and I have no bad udders.
A breed will deliver whatever u breed it to do, no magic bull out there that covers all!

 

[Mr Mackay]

We have 2 Flecks , both by Mai ,a Genus bull IIRC , and just calved down . Little barrells that as calves never made a beeline for the corn but got fattish on grass !! So when calved (3 weeks now ) they both are too fat really ,but have settled down into a rhythm ,they are a bit handy with their heads to some of the older cows ,but after being horrified a bit ,before they calved , they are settling down ok !!
I must take a picture or 2
A sexed Jersey is not a bad idea !!

 

[Llmmm]

Milking few here. Lovely cows. One calving tonight, will take pic tmoz.
A word on the comments on height and weight issue. Flechvieh are numerically the second largest dairy breed on the planet. There is huge variation and it is very easy breed small, medium or large. Most just use the bull the rep sells them. The most common reaction I get from visitors to my herd, particularly the skeptics, is that they are not a big cow, and I have no bad udders.
A breed will deliver whatever u breed it to do, no magic bull out there that covers all!

Are you sure fleckvieh is second largest dairy breed there virtually none in nz jersey is second in usa theres a small few in uk many breed societies claim to be number two after holstein

 

[Zoofarmer]

Are you sure fleckvieh is second largest dairy breed there virtually none in nz jersey is second in usa theres a small few in uk many breed societies claim to be number two after holstein

I am sure. In terms of pure breed there are close to 50 million Flechvieh cows worldwide. They are a dominant breed all across Europe. While Jersey is used in cross breeding in NZ and to a small extent in Ireland, the pure breed only numbers around 6 million globally!

 

[Llmmm]

I am sure. In terms of pure breed there are close to 50 million Flechvieh cows worldwide. They are a dominant breed all across Europe. While Jersey is used in cross breeding in NZ and to a small extent in Ireland, the pure breed only numbers around 6 million globally!

Its amazing it took them so long to come to uk and i find it hard to understand why people dont want to give them a try especially if they have such a huge genetic base with those sort of numbers globally they cant be a bad breed.